The role of bacterial persistence in the evolvability of antibiotic resistance KU Leuven
Antibiotic resistance is one of the main challenges facing humanity today. Recent work has shown that the evolution of resistance is significantly enhanced by persistence, a phenomenon where bacterial populations produce a small number of dormant cells that can survive transient antibiotic exposure. However, the evolutionary mechanisms responsible for this link are still unclear. In this project, I will develop evolutionary models to ...